Ivan FILUSBIC BratislavaEnterprise Europe Network SME NCP / Access2Finance NCP

SME InstrumentExperiences from the first calls

Results, recommendations, main problems and feedback from Slovak SMEs

SME InstrumentExperiences from the first calls

Results, recommendations, main problems and feedback from Slovak SMEs

RESULTS of the FIRST CALLS

SMEINST: State of play (2014)

• 5 cut-offs

• 8.181 proposals received ~25% of whole H2020

• 822 companies funded

• 258,5 M€ budget allocated

SMEINST Phase 1: 2014 results

SMEINST Phase 1:

TOP 10 Coordinators

SMEINST Phase 1: Thematic distribution

SME Analysis SMEINST Phase 1:

Size of beneficiaries

SMEINST Phase 2: 2014 results

SMEINST Phase 2:

TOP 10 Coordinators

SMEINST Phase 2: March 2015 Cut-off

Submitted proposal

SMEINST Phase 2: Thematic distribution

SME Analysis SMEINST Phase 2:

Size of beneficiaries

2014 Champions League

(All phases and cut-offs)

TOP 10 Success Rates

Who are the evaluators? (CO1.14)

Total nber Experts ShareBusiness 49 9,4%

Business development 118 22,6%Business incubation 20 3,8%

Commercial / Marketing 15 2,9%

Entrepreneurship / Start-up 92 17,7%Finance 25 4,8%Gender issues 1 0,2%

Innovation advice/management 146 28,0%

Legal advice / Intellectual Property Rights 15 2,9%Other 9 1,7%Risk finance (Business Angel Investor / Venture Capital) 31 6,0%

Total 521 * 100,0%

* 434 (83%) of the experts was involved in evaluation

51 (12%) from universities, 383 (88%) from business environment, 34% women

Results of Slovakia

SK summary results

(Phase 1 – All cut-offs)

• 92 SMEs involved in

• 123 proposals submitted

• 2 projects approved– 1 coordinator (single partner)

– 1 partner (CZ-SK consortium)

Main list 1

Below available budget 1

Below threshold 119

Ineligible 2

SK Results: Areas (submitted proposals)

SK Results: Overall scores

SK Results: Evaluation

(submitted proposals)

SK Results: Regions (submitted proposals)

Quick survey of SMEI

• November 2014

• 20+ Slovak SMEs involved in first SMEI call

• 8 SMEs provided feedback

– Positives

– Negatives

Positive aspects

• possibility of funding for the individual company– no need of consortia

• higher frequency of deadlines / cut-off dates – more frequent than RIA

• wide thematic scope of the SMEI calls

• adequate amount of funding– for small SMEs

• low bureaucratic burden– in proposal preparation (forms, 10 pages) / possible

reporting

Positive aspects

• rather quick feedback in Phase 1 evaluation

• funding of the innovation in SMEs

• funding of significant part of the innovation cycle

– feas. studies > R&D > demo > tests

• access to the innovation/business mentors

– provided a good number of high profile experts will be subscribed in the coaching database

Negative aspects

• MOST IMPORTANT: Feedback (ESR) on Phase 1 proposal

– very few information provided

– no comments for possible improvement

– very subjective (subjectivity of the judging process is highly influencing the selection process )

Negative aspects

• TRL – unclear definition (e.g. transition between laboratory and operational environment)

• strong correlation between countries of beneficiaries and evaluators

• missing notification about ESR

• page limit (10 pages)

Main observation – Slovakia in SMEINST

• great initial enthusiasm

• disappointment from the success rate

• lot of rumours

• efficiancy of the SMEINST management

• consulting companies

• we are (slowly) getting better

• future ... work with the promising business plans

Specific case: Re-submissions

Overall results

Specific case: Re-submissions

Subjectivity of evaluation vs.

continuous improvement and learning

Statistics based of the first 4 cut-off dates (Phase 1):

• 23 SK companies (25%)

• 53 projects (43%)

Specific case: Re-submissions (SK)

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Contact

Ivan FILUS

BIC BratislavaEnterprise Europe Network

t: 02/ 5441 7515, 5441 7606e: filus@bic.sk

Zochova 5811 03 Bratislava

www.BIC.skwww.EEN.skh2020.CVTISR.sk